The Emanuel Building, also known as the Bank of Mobile and Staples-Pake Building, is a historic commercial building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The three-story masonry structure was built in 1850 and then remodeled several times over the next century.[2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1978.[1]
Emanuel Building | |
Location | 100 North Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 30°41′38″N 88°2′28″W / 30.69389°N 88.04111°W |
Built | 1850 |
Architect | George Bigelow Rogers (remodeled) |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Federal, Italian Renaissance |
NRHP reference No. | 78000503[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 21, 1978 |
The significance of the Staples-Pake Building is both architectural and commercial. Initially constructed in the 1850's as office space by a Mobile cotton broker, Jonathan Emanuel, the structure was remodeled in 1903 by George B.